linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] psmouse split [03/03]

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Date:	Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:53:41 -0500
From:	Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, vojtech@...e.cz, warp@...allh.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] psmouse split [03/03]

Andres Salomon wrote:
> Andres Salomon wrote:
>> Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>>> On 12/13/06, Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ian.org> wrote:
>>>> Alright, I guess we're down to a matter of taste then.  I'll change the
>>>> patch to still have a monolithic psmouse that allows protocols to be
>>>> enabled/disabled via Kconfig.
>>>>
>>> That'd be great. Thanks!
>>>
>> Yikes, almost forgot to send this.  Here you go; 3 patches total.
>> Please let me know if there are any other change.  The first is attached.

^
Er, let me know if you'd like any other changes.

>>
> 
> Here's the second; everything is split except for the synaptic stuff.
> 

And finally, the third splits out the synaptic stuff.

My initial tests show that compiling the psmouse driver for a specific
protocol extension can cut the driver's size by more than half.

View attachment "0003-Allow-disabling-of-synaptic-protocol-extension.txt" of type "text/plain" (4876 bytes)